Illusion toy.



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927,748. Patented July 13, 1909.

:w a a FRANK L. OLESON, OF

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ILLUSION TOY.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. OLESON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county ol' Cook and State e'l` Illinois,have invented new and usel'ul Improvements in an Illusion Toy, of whichthe following is a 'l'ull, clear, and exact description.

My inventien relates to a tey into which a strip el' blank paper is l'eden ene side and l'rom the opposite side ol' which a printed strip ofpaper of the same dimensions is simultaneeusly discharged to produce theillusions ol' printing, so efectivelv that the deception er trick is notobservable except upon very close examination.

It is the Object of my invention to produce this te; in such mannertha-t the rollers will be held together and will revolve simultaneeusly,and will be retained in their relative positiens against longitudinaldisplacement without necessitating the employment el' a retaining frameor of bearings, and which, by reason of this peculiarity el'censtruction can be cenveniently carried in the pocket, and,furthermore, will permit of strips of material of different thicknessesbeing used to produce the illusion the inventien is designed toaccomplish. These ebjects I accomplish by the means hereinafter fullydescribed and as more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawingsz-Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of my improvedtey showing the manner in which it is used. Fig'. 2 is a diagrammaticaltransverse section taken near one end of the rollers to illustrate thelocation and arrangement el' the elastic bands or cords relativetherete. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken through the Central portion el'the rollers to illustrate the location and arrangement of the web ol'obscuring material. Fig. 4 is a Central lengitudinal section ol" an endportion of the rollers.

Referring to the drawings A, A, represent a pair el' cerrespondinglyshaped c ylindrieal rollers constructed of any suitable material andhaving their axes preferably arranged parallel to each other. Secured ateach end to these rollers and pre'l'erably surrounding the same severaltimes is a strip, B, el" suitable epaque material such as paper, cleth,etc. that terms the principal connection between the two rollers. Thisstrip B preferably surreunds each of the rollers several times and isadapted to be unwound from one and wound upon the other simultane-Speeification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 26, 1909.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 486,012.

eusly, passing from one to the other at the point where they contact.

Near the ends ol' each roller is a shallow circumferential groove C thatis adapted to act as a guide for suitable elastic retaining bands orbelts D, D, that are wound around the rollers preferably the same numberof times as the strip B and pass from one roller to the other in adirectien opposite to that of said strip. Thus it will be seen that thetwo rollers will be retained in proper position against each other andprevented from longitudinal displacement by means of the obscuring stripand the elastic bands, and yet will be permitted to separate andautomatically aecommedate themselves to the varying thickness of thestrips of paper used in connection therewith to produce the illusionaryell ect.

Before the trick or illusien is to be perforned one of these strips ofpaper E, having` suitable printed matter upon its surface, or a currencybill, is inserted in and weund upon one of the rollers between the sameand the strip B so that it will be obseured or hidden from view, and,when it is desired to perform the triek, a strip of blank paper F,approximately of the same dimensiens as said strip E, is insertedbetween the rollers on the opposite side to that into which strip E hadpreviously been inserted. The rollers are then turned in such directienthat strip F will wind between the web of the obscuring material and theroller upon which the same is being wound and as it disappears theprinted strip er bill E will emerge from the opposite side and will makeit appeal' that the blank strip F was printed upon as it passed betweenthe rollers.

The device is very handy and can be made very cheaply owing` to theparticular construction of the means for holding the rollers together,and avoids the use of either supperting frame or bearin's and it can besuccessfully used to bewilder the casual observer and cause considerableamusement.

What I claim as new is:-

1. A toy comprising two rollers, a web of suitable fabric wound upon andconnected at one end to ene of said rollers and extending* between themand winding in the reverse directien upon the other roller, and suitablebands Connecting the ends el' said rollers.

2. A toy comprising two rollers, a web of suitable fabrie wound upon andconnected at one end to one of said rollers and extendng between thenand winding in the reverse directon upon the other roller, and suitableelastc bands Connecting the ends of said rollers.

3. A toy cornprsing two rollers, a web of suitable fabric wound upon andconnected at one end to one of said rollers, and extendng between themand having its other end connected to and winding in the reversedireetion onto the other roller, and suitable bands eonnected to andwinding upon said rollers in a direction the opposite of that of thesaid web.

4. A toy oomprising two rollers, a web of sutable fabrc wound upon andconnected at one end to one of said rollers, and extending between themand having its other end connected to and winding in the reversedireetion onto the other roller, and sutable elastic bands oonneeted toand winding upon said rollers in a dreeton the opposite of that of thesaid web.

5. A toy oomprisng two rollers having ciroumferential grooves in theends thereof, a Web of suitable fabric wound upon and connected at oneend to one of said rollers, and eXtendng between them and having itsother end eonnected to and Winding in the reverse direction onto theother roller, and suitable bands eonnected to and windng upon saidrollers in said grooves in a direction the opposte of that of the saidweb.

In wtness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 23d ,day of March1909.

FRANK L. OLESON.

VVitnesses:

FRANK D. THoMAsoN, E. K. LUNDY.

